Preemie/NICU sub-forum or sticky? - Page 6

[kkiolbassa]

Originally Posted by sweetpeasmom

Miraim- i'd use their adjusted age. Sorry about short naps and all, you must be so tired


Wondering why no answer on our requests? I saw that artists got a subforum after only 2 pages of requests. Nutrition got 4 new subforums. Here we have some moms in desperate need of support and we don't have a sub-forum? Honestly I feel a bit sad about that. A lot of the big "mainstream" boards have a seperate board for preemie/nicu issues and really I think it is vital that a commutity such as mothering should have one also, as it's really hard for us moms that follow this lifestyle to get any support on certain issues that pertain to a nfl lifestyle on the other "mainstream" boards.

I feel especially bad for the mom's with new preemies since the search function is disabled (how long has it been down now ?) I spent as much time as I could here searching for info on preemies, pumping for preemies, kangaroo care, etc while my daughter was in the nicu. I'm an experienced mom and already had 11 years of nursing under my belt, but preemies are different (I ended up pumping for 6 weeks and felt close to giving up at one point) It's got to be very hard to find helpful info now that the search isn't working

My daughter is going on 8 months old now. This post/request was started when she was around 6 weeks old.

[Lousli]

We didn't CD in the NICU, but we did as soon as we got home. It was too hard to think about it with all the other stuff that was going on, and by the time we realized we needed preemie sizes and we ordered them and they shipped, it was basically time for her to come home. She came home in a sposie and hasn't worn one since! We mostly used preemie prefolds at first though, since they were so much less expensive and we knew that they would be quickly outgrown.

[Amys1st]

nak

We cd from the moment we checked Maggie out. I had a huge stash I was building over the mos for June. I then ordered x small fuzzis and just these past weeks she outgrew them. Just sold last night on ebay

[sweetpeasmom]

no way i would have cd in the nicu, mainly because i was just too busy going back and forth, and just trying to keep up with regular laundry was almost impossible. our house was an utter disaster during those months.

My daughter is going on 8 months old now. This post/request was started when she was around 6 weeks old.

[mamabeca]

So why no forum??? I think ya'll deserve your own forum. I think it's ENOUGH to have to deal with, having a birth that was, perhaps, not what you imagined/expected, then having to deal with NICU people, nicu time, nicu breastfeeding, pumping, etc., THEN not having your baby with you at home, and THEN having to watch that little baby with tubes and iv's and all kinds of invasive stuff have spells, low points etc... I HONESTLY think it's ENOUGH! HAVE YOUR OWN FORUM!!!!! I wonder why someone would NOT want you to? Interesting...

[crissei]

I thought of another one;

How to explain to the pulmonologist that, the pulse-ox sleep study WILL fail because your 6 month old (3 1/2 months adj.) doesn't sleep through the night and, WON'T be anytime soon!:

Like any six month old would keep perfectly still for 8 hours with a sensor taped to their foot anyway!

[Valian]

Wow, I've just been reading along on this thread and waiting for the preemie folder to appear to begin posting but yikes, it doesn't seem like its coming any time soon. So, hugs to those mamas who are still in the trenches

Ds came only 6 weeks early but with zero warning. As in, my water broke waking me from a dead sleep and suddenly less than 24 hours later there he was in my arms. I spent several days in shock. Literally.

I feel very lucky that our experience went as well as it did but boy did could I have used some support. No one in my family knew anything about preemies and their care. Most books out there focused on micropreemies so talked about things that didn't apply in our situation but at the same time he certainly wasn't a wide-awake full term baby either. So in our case, I really needed some btdt stories.

I think another major need for a preemie section centers on how their needs differ from full term babies because info passed on by mamas who don't have experience with a preemie aren't always appropriate. I'm thinking of feeding/breastfeeding issues for example. Really, its just a different situation with different sets of practices and needs.

[fek&fuzz]

psst, check out the new subforum of life with a babe.

[kkiolbassa]

Originally Posted by fek&fuzz

psst, check out the new subforum of life with a babe.

now if they could move some of the old threads about preemies there once the search function is fixed, that would be awesome

[crissei]

Oh, Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!: It means so much to me that preemie parents will be able to find good info so easily!
Now, off to do my part!

[babycarrier]

Thank You!